Greeley County, Kansas

Greeley County
Consolidated city-county
Greeley County Courthouse in Tribune (2010)
Location within the U.S. state of Kansas
Kansas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 38°28′00″N 101°49′59″W / 38.4667°N 101.833°W / 38.4667; -101.833
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Founded	March 20, 1873
Named for	Horace Greeley
Seat	Tribune
Largest city	Tribune
Area
• Total	778 sq mi (2,020 km2)
• Land	778 sq mi (2,020 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0 km2)  0.0%
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	1,284
• Estimate  (2021)[2]	1,304
• Density	1.7/sq mi (0.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	greeleycounty.org

Greeley County is a county located in western Kansas, in the Central United States. Its county seat and largest city is Tribune.^[3] As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,284,^[1] making it the least populous county in Kansas. As of 2018, it is tied with Wallace County as the least densely populated county in the state.^[4] The county is named after Horace Greeley,^[5] editor of the New York Tribune, who encouraged western settlement with the motto "Go West, young man".^[6]